Unblocking yourself with AI

Unblocking yourself · 2026

Unblocking yourself
with AI.

How we use Claude Code, Codex, and Devin.

M+MMrudula Vysyaraju
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Unblocking yourself with AI

Concrete workflows from two engineers shipping with Claude Code, Codex, and Devin. MCPs, plan mode, worktrees, skills, and how to keep up to date.

  1. 1Unblocking yourself with AI
  2. 290% of Claude Code's code is written by Claude Code
  3. 3Three years of AI tooling, fast-forwarded
  4. 4Coding isn't the bottleneck anymore
  5. 5How we break down a problem
  6. 6Default prompt
  7. 7Plan in Claude. Execute in Codex.
  8. 8CLI or MCP, by job
  9. 9Chapter 1: Matt's workflow
  10. 1020 Slack bugs: capture context
  11. 1120 Slack bugs: ship in parallel
  12. 12Overnight runs and agents reviewing agents
  13. 13Skills, role sets, and guardrails
  14. 14How I do frontend
  15. 15Chapter 2: Mru's workflow
  16. 16A recommendations platform: from POC to production
  17. 17A recommendations platform: routines and metrics in the loop
  18. 18Whoopsies: humans haven't caught up
  19. 19Put on the QA hat
  20. 20Ownership: garbage in, garbage out
  21. 21Where we look
  22. 22Summary: Context beats code
  23. 23Questions?